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" Xerxes : "
Richard Stoneman
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BL
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582298
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b411517
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| Main Entry
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Stoneman, Richard
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| Title & Author
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Xerxes : : a Persian life /\ Richard Stoneman
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ix, 275 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates :: illustrations ;; 24 cm
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| ISBN
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9780300180077
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: 0300180071
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 258-267) and index
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| Contents
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Accession -- The Persian Empire -- The image of a king -- The religion of Xerxes -- Invasion (I): the cornerstone of Greek freedom -- Invasion (II): the wooden walls -- Persepolis -- Family romances -- Assassination
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| Abstract
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"In this lively and comprehensive new biography, Richard Stoneman shows how Xerxes, despite sympathetic treatment by the contemporary Greek writers Aeschylus and Herodotus, had his reputation destroyed by later Greek writers and by the propaganda of Alexander the Great. Stoneman draws on the latest research in Achaemenid studies and archaeology to present the ruler from the Persian perspective."--Publisher's website
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Xerxes, I,519 B.C.-465 B.C. or 464 B.C
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Iran, Kings and rulers, Biography
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Iran, History, To 640
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| LC Classification
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DS283.S76 2015
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